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Balljoint
10-02-2009, 09:36 PM
Does anyone know what power and load is used in M118LR Mil Match, did a search had no come back
diriel
10-02-2009, 10:46 PM
Alliant Reloder 15 is the powder. Aprox 42.5 gr give or take a little for lot to lot variance.
hershey
10-03-2009, 07:04 AM
Alliant Reloder 15 is the powder. Aprox 42.5 gr give or take a little for lot to lot variance.


do you have a reference for that, and what weight is the bullet?
GaCop
10-03-2009, 08:30 AM
Bullet should be the 168 gr SMK.
Der Verge
10-03-2009, 08:44 AM
Alliant Reloder 15 is the powder. Aprox 42.5 gr give or take a little for lot to lot variance.


do you have a reference for that, and what weight is the bullet?

http://www.alliantpowder.com/products/powder/reloder15.aspx
pbcaster45
10-03-2009, 10:51 AM
No, M118LR uses a 175 gr SMK - M852 uses the 168. Hmmm, I noticed that Alliant says M118 Special Ball - that uses a 173 gr FMJBT that was loaded by Lake City before Alliant took over!
diriel
10-04-2009, 07:01 AM
The M118LR uses the 175gr Sierra Matchking bullet. The load is actually widely known in the tactical shooting community.

Gary
brianinca
10-09-2009, 10:31 AM
There's data aplenty, but interesting that Federal (now running LC) changed the recipe and switched to an IMR to replace the RL15. Temp stability was an issue evidently.
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1186319

I bought some back when it was expensive ($75/100) and wasn't impressed. When it got crazy expensive ($150/100) I figured at least the brass was good so I wasn't selling. Haven't bothered to empty it out yet, one box of mediocre accurate ammo wasn't any fun to shoot.

Even the spec is pretty loose, nothing you can't easily better when handloading. I use Varget for as much as I can, temp stability being an issue here. The 175 SMK's are great, but there are other quality bullets to consider as well.

Regards,
Brian in CA